Earlier this season, Nicklas Backstrom melted hearts when he brought his two kids, Haley and Vince, out onto the ice after practice for a short family skate.

On Monday, Lauren Oshie shared photos and videos of her kids, Lyla and Leni, taking joint skating lessons with the Backstrom kids at Medstar Capitals Iceplex, the same rink that their dads practice at.

Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom have made a perfect pair on the ice since 2007, combining for some magical plays. The two go together like ham and cheese, like peanut butter and jelly, and the combination of Ovechkin and Backstrom is now so iconic that they are used to make the perfect analogy on the Showtime TV show, Billions.

In a preview of the upcoming season, Damian Lewis’ character Bobby “Axe” Axelrod references Ovechkin’s goals off Backstrom’s assists as an analogy during an argument.

Axe argues that Ovechkin’s prolific scoring is because Backstrom shares the puck. Actress Sarah Stiles’ character Bonnie Barella shoots back that Ovi has the skill to put his shots into the net, unlike her incompetent coworker.

After years of frustration, near-misses, and heartbreaks, the Capitals finally won the Stanley Cup in 2018. As the team romped through Las Vegas with the Stanley Cup, the team decided to take a moment to share their happiness with a former teammate.

Drunk on success and probably a few beers, the Capitals dialed up Justin Williams on FaceTime to share their joy and exhilaration with him. Williams recounted the 4 AM call from his former teammates in a recent article on the NHL website.

Hockey players are a superstitious bunch. For years, the superstition has been that it is bad luck to touch the Stanley Cup before you have rightfully won it. That belief has extended to not touching the conference trophy as well, lest teams anger the hockey gods by touching a trophy inferior to Lord Stanley’s.

Hockey fans also believe in the curse. To touch the Stanley Cup is to doom your team to never winning the Cup. This leads to some funny, hover-hand photos with the Cup at the Hockey Hall of Fame.

On Sunday, TJ Oshie put a dent in believers of the curse by sharing the story of how he touched the Stanley Cup when he was 12 or 13-years-old.

The nearly 4,000 word article is full of endearing anecdotes about likely the greatest goaltender in franchise history. Holtby talks openly about his family’s farm and how poor of a farmer he actually was. He also gives a glimpse into his early childhood, which he describes as awkward, and what life lessons he learned in hockey along the way to become a zenmaster at the NHL level. And, oh yeah, he reveals the full story behind the team’s Stanley Cup tattoos and their addiction to Mario Kart.

The ceremonial puck drop at Sunday night’s game between the Minnesota Wild and the Nashville Predators featured a special guest that had ties to both teams: three-time Olympic medalist, alpine ski racer Lindsey Vonn.

Vonn, who is widely regarded as the one of the greatest-ever Alpine skiers, is a native of St. Paul, Minnesota and was cheered on by her hometown crowd. She is also currently dating Nashville defenseman PK Subban.